Tag: networking

Application Gateway for Containers: Web Application Firewall support (5)

by erjosito

This post will explore the new support in Azure Application Gateway for Containers (AGC) for Web Application Firewall (WAF) as documented in https://aka.ms/agc/waf. This blog is part of a series: Before we start, kudos need to go to the great Christof Claessens, author of this extremely useful Azure Monitor Workbook to triage WAF logs. Is WAF a big … Continue reading Application Gateway for Containers: Web Application Firewall support (5)

Going beyond 8 peers in Azure Route Server

by erjosito

After a good while without posting anything, I finally decided to slowly recommence again. This first post is about a little BGP trick that may help you increase the scale of Azure Route Server. Typically the maximum number of 8 BGP peers should be enough for most designs, but if you happen to need to … Continue reading Going beyond 8 peers in Azure Route Server

Private Link reality bites: what’s my source IP?

by erjosito

Welcome to the third post in the Private Link Reality Bites series! Before we begin, let me recap the existing episodes of the series: Big shoutout here to my esteemed colleague and oracle for Azure Networking Daniel Mauser. If you don’t know his GitHub site, make sure you check it out! Thanks as well to … Continue reading Private Link reality bites: what’s my source IP?

Private Link reality bites – Private endpoints are an illusion

by erjosito

Welcome to this new series of blog posts in which I will be explaining some not-so-well-known facts about Azure Private Link and some associated technologies! This idea is born from the fact that I have been helping some colleagues and customers lately with some questions around Private Link, and that has made me realize that … Continue reading Private Link reality bites – Private endpoints are an illusion

ExpressRoute multi-region: triangles or squares?

by erjosito

The square design in ExpressRoute is not a recommended practice, but it can mean savings in ExpressRoute costs of up to 90%.

Azure Subnet Peering

by erjosito

First of all, my apologies for the radio silence, there have been some private projects going on during the Summer months that have kept me away from blogging. With that out of the way: what the heck is subnet peering? You probably know VNet peering, but is “subnet peering” now a thing? Well, not yet, … Continue reading Azure Subnet Peering

Do not let ExpressRoute, VPN and SDWAN traffic bypass your firewall

by erjosito

I have recently expanded my SDWAN in hub-and-spoke networks design guide to include SDWAN-to-firewall routing. Initially I didn’t have this point, but recent conversations have made me realize that not everybody understand this. The main difficulty in this topic is related to the fact that you cannot inspect the effective routes of your Virtual Network … Continue reading Do not let ExpressRoute, VPN and SDWAN traffic bypass your firewall

Cilium Network Policy in AKS

by erjosito

If you are following the Azure Kubernetes Service space, I am sure you noticed that Azure CNI powered by Cilium is Generally Available. But is this a big thing? What does it mean for you? Well, yes, it is big indeed. It is like changing the wheels of your car to new ones: Cilium is … Continue reading Cilium Network Policy in AKS

You want to use AS-path as your virtual hub routing preference

by erjosito

Wow, that was a long title. Let me give you another one: if you haven’t tested your High Availability (HA) or Disaster Recovery (DR) plans, you shouldn’t rely on them. This is of course regardless of whether your infrastructure runs on your premises, on public cloud, or anywhere else. In this post I am going … Continue reading You want to use AS-path as your virtual hub routing preference

Are you following Azure best practices? Sure?

by erjosito

Would you like a compliance report for Azure best practices on your Azure resources, like the following screenshot shows (in this case for Azure Kubernetes Service)? If so, keep reading! Where is this coming from? You might have read some previous posts where I describe the work that the FastTrack for Azure team (where I … Continue reading Are you following Azure best practices? Sure?